Hose-supporter.



E. JENNINGS.

HOSE 'SUPPORTER. v nruornon nun rnn.2o,191s.-

Patented Oct. 28, 1913.

lnventor Wifnesses Attoineys UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE.

ELMIRE JENNINGS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HOSE-SUPPORTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 1913.

Application filed February 20, 1913. Serial No. 749,705.

To all whom 1' i may 0071 cam Be it known that I, Emnnn J nxxmos, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Hose-Supporter, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention appertains to hose supporters, and aims to provide a novel and.

tively simple, and inexpensive in construction, as well as serviceable, convenient and efiicient in its use.

W'ith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the descriptionproceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter de' scribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of invention herein disclosed can be made within tln scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The preferred embodiment of the inven tion has been illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figur: 1 is a perspective view of the supporter as applied to a hose. Fig. 2 is a perspective view thereof showing the same detached; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the device.

Referring specificially to the drawings, there is provided a metallic loop 4, through which the elastic 5 may be engaged. A flexible, but nonelastic tape is attached to the lower bar of the loop l, the elastic 5 being passed around the upper bar thereof, and the end of the tape being preferably bent or looped over the lower bar of the loop 4, as

at 7. An elastic flap 8 of soft rubber or other elastic and flexible material is also attached to the lower baror loop d, the same preferably having its end 9 looped or bent elliptical or oval opening 11 and a bar or elongated knob or button 12 is attached to the free end of the tape 6. In attaching the knob or button 12 to the tape, the knob or button is provided with a longitudinal slot 13 through which the end 14 of the tape is passed, the said end of the tape being bent back and made secure by a line of stitches 15. The bar or knob 12 is constructed of soft rubber, or other elastic and flexible material, and is of a length somewhat longer, than the opening 11, the tape 6 also being preferably slightly longer than the flap 8.

In attaching the supporter to a. hose, the flap 8 is lapped over the outer side of the hose, and the bar or knob 12 suspended by the tape 6 is passed down the inner side of the hose, and is passed outwardly through the opening 11 in the flap with the corresponding portions of the hose, as seen in Fig. 1. It is to be noted that the tape 6 permits the bar or knob 12 to be conveniently manipulated, and suspends the bar from the loop 4.

Particular attention is directed to the fact that when the bar and respective portion of the hose is passed through the opening 11, the opening is adapted to expand so as to accommodate the parts passed therethrough, and the bar or knob 12 is itself adapted to bend or flex so as to accommodate the engagement of the hose in a most effective and convenient manner. The hose will thus engage between the elastic flap 8 and the elastic bar or knob 12, so that the said parts may yield to conform to the various conditions and in order not to tear or injure the hose, as would be liable to result if metallic parts were employed. It is to be further noted, that the hose is connected to theloop 4 by the elastic flapS, the flap being adapted to yield as well as the elastic 5, the tape 6, however, limiting the stretching or extension of .the flap.

From the. foregoing, taken in connection with the drawings, the advantages and capabilities of the [)lGSGIlt'ClGVlCG will be apparent and it willbc noted that the objects aimed at have been carried out satisfactorily.

The present supporter willbe non-destrucrive, irrf-1- g rflite of the strains that the supporter and hose may be subpeted to. There 1% no ten hnm to cut or tear the hose, or to tezunthe lumen hole opening 11. -What 1s '3 irned as new 15:-

1. In a h o supporter, an elastic flap having a transverse opening, a non-elastic tape, and a, "titfl bar having a longitudin21 slot rece V end of the ta e, the bar 1 being insertioie through the saic opening with the hose-i 2 In a hose upporter, to an eiastic, anon-elastic.

a loop attachable tape, and an elastic fiup having adjoining ends secured over one part of the loop, the flap having a trans- 15 verse oval opening adjoining its free end, and a flexible bar having a ongitudinal slot, the free end of the tape being passed through the said slot and secured upon itself. 0 In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

ELMIRE JENNINGS.

Vitnesses MYRTLE HELD,

.nonon W. OAKLEY. 

